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May 18, 2012
Last Night: M83 At House Of Blues
M83, I Break Horses House of Blues May 17, 2012 It's slightly weird seeing a band knowing they've already booked another show in town later in the year. That weirdness is amplified when the second show is booked for a bigger venue. That kind of booking move leads to questions. Now, the questions ... More >>
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January 23, 2012
Friday Night: The Civil Wars at The Wortham Center
The Civil Wars Wortham Center January 20, 2012 Check out our slideshow of Civil Wars playing to a packed house. Strolling up Wortham Center's grand staircase in advance of The Civil Wars show on Friday night, several thoughts went tumbling through Aftermath's head. We weren't certain what to expec ... More >>
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December 20, 2011
Fa La La La La: Favorite Records Rocks Off Got for Christmas
No matter what year it is or how old you are, if you love music, there is nothing like finding some new music tucked under the tree or crammed into your stocking. iTunes gift cards are easy. So are gift cards to Tiffany's, but we bet your girl would be a lot more receptive to the blue box. Th ... More >>
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November 17, 2011
14 Notable Female Rock Drummers
girlscantwhat.comLast week, we rounded up a list of our favorite female rock bassists. We'd like to continue the trend of honoring rock's finest females, by next recognizing 14 notable female rock drummers. As usual, we will focus on the live-performing, touring drummers over time, rather tha ... More >>
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November 3, 2011
Baby's Cryin': Rockabye Baby Sends Us Lullaby Renditions of Van Halen
Yep. The folks at Rockabye Baby! remake hard rock from the likes of AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, Tool, and the Smashing Pumpkins into baby-friendly jams with "soothing mellotrons, vibraphones and bells," replacing all the things that made those bands perfect for well, making rock and roll babies. Thi ... More >>
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October 20, 2011
The Simpsons' Top 11 Musical Guests
When The Simpsons completes its last (contracted) season in 2014, it will have set staggering new broadcast records for longest running sitcom (over 550 episodes) and longest running prime time scripted TV series (25 seasons). These are all American records, of course, because the Japanese co ... More >>
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October 20, 2011
The Best & Worst Of All Possible Buzzfests
Photo by Marc BrubakerWe did it all for the nookie.This weekend is Buzzfest XXVII in Houston, 94.5 The Buzz's bi-annual all-day throwdown at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion. Rocks Off has covered a few of the shows in the past few years, including the May 2010 edition where we took along ... More >>
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August 2, 2011
Happy Birthday Butch Vig: A Quick Discography
Butch Vig making the donuts.Today is Butch Vig's 55th birthday. The acclaimed record producer and sometime musician has been at the helm of some of the best grunge and indie records of the past 25 years, and his production style has made him one of the most sought-after sound architects in t ... More >>
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June 3, 2011
Life After Rock Stardom: 7 Artists' Post-Musical Careers
naylandhouse.comFuture ordained minister MC Hammer wasn't kidding on his 1990 hit single "Pray."Let's face it. Not everyone is cut out for - or interested in - being a sixtysomething rock star. But what type of careers awaits a retired musician? Many rock stars stay in the music industry real ... More >>
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May 3, 2011
Smashing Pumpkins Debut Song On Rocks Off Sister Blog
GroovehouseBilly Corgan at Verizon Wireless Theater, December 2010California, look what you've done. This morning, the Billy Corgan Experience Smashing Pumpkins, who managed to visit Houston twice in less than three months last year, debuted the track "Owata" on West Coast Sound, the music b ... More >>
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February 4, 2011
10 Uncool Artists Primed For Hipster Rediscovery
Tumblr"Aw, dammit, I grabbed Dad's iPod by mistake. Paul Simon... is that one guy, or two Beatles?" Remember emo kids? Only a few short years ago, the nation's venues of the nation were filled with kids in all black, wearing ultra-skinny jeans, eyeliner, white belts, and identical chopped-mea ... More >>
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October 29, 2010
GhoulsFest: Everything You Need To Know
Daniel Johnston fuels up.For the record, Rocks Off is well aware there is more to GhoulsFest than Black Congress not playing the ten-hour festival at Tom Bass Park tomorrow. A lot more. We also wish BC nothing but the best opening for New Orleans Sabbathites Eyehategod at Walter's tonight and ... More >>
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October 26, 2010
Upcoming: Buzzfestivus, John Mellencamp, Merle Haggard, Etc.
Amplified Heat: Fri., Nov. 26. Rudyard's. Authority Zero: Thu., Dec. 2. Scout Bar Clear Lake. Belanova: Wed., Dec. 1. House of Blues. Born Liars, The Energy, The Mahas, Talk Sick Brats: Wed., Nov. 24. Rudyard's. "Buzzfestivus" with Smashing Pumpkins, Jimmy Eat World. Sun., Dec. 5. Verizo ... More >>
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October 21, 2010
Last Night: Deftones At Verizon Wireless Theater
"Get away from the garbage can, bitch." Photos by Marc BrubakerDeftones Verizon Wireless Theater October 20, 2010 For more photos from the show, see our slideshow here. Not many bands have the longevity the Deftones do, and after 22 years and counting, they have their art down to a science ... More >>
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September 21, 2010
Will Concert Craziness Continue At Smashing Pumpkins?
Sunday night we watched a rambling and, supposedly, elegantly wasted Scott Weiland confound a packed crowd of Stone Temple Pilots fans at the Woodlands. The comments are blowing up left and right, and even industry blog Pollstar took to quoting us on the occasion. Somehow even Rocks Off got accuse ... More >>
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September 16, 2010
Doolittle
The Pixies la la love you.
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September 16, 2010
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Billy Corgan's everlasting gaze
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May 20, 2010
Top 5 Bands That Should Relax For A Bit
Craig HlavatyWednesday, Rocks Off got an e-mail from the Dave Matthews Band PR team saying that the group would be taking 2011 off so they could come back in 2012. Whether or not this is to hasten the coming Apocalypse that year or just to live a normal life for a bit remains to be seen. God ... More >>
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April 1, 2010
Get In The Ring: How 7 Wrestlers Match Up With Their Rock-Star Lookalikes
While rock stars wrestle with their inner demons, the performers of the WWE wrestle with other people. A rock star may cut himself because he just needs to feel something; a wrestler will cut himself because it's the championship pay-per-view event and needs to look more intense. The rock stars ... More >>
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March 18, 2010
Butterfly Explosion at SXSW: Irish Shoegaze in a Basement Rec Room
Shoegazer shoes Butterfly Explosion March 17 Habana, Austin, Texas When you go see a band because they're labeled "shoegaze," you get a smile on your face when you see them set up 19 different foot pedals on the stage. You don't need to double-check your SXSW schedule. You know you're in the right ... More >>
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January 11, 2010
Rocks Off Has Some Issues This Morning, But Not as Many as This Guy
Rocks Off came into the office this morning to discover we had been beset by a bad case of the gremlins. One of our photographers' Web site was down, there was another mix-up with the Willie Nelson photos from Saturday night (which has since been fixed) and... well, it's just a Monday. However, w ... More >>
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November 12, 2009
Westheimer Block Party Listology: Flowers to Hide Chooses the Saddest Songs In the World
All this week, Rocks Off is previewing Saturday and Sunday's Westheimer Block Party by asking WBP performers to fill out a list from Lisa Nola's Music Listography book we're so fond of. Next up, Jesus and Mary Chain-y alt-rockers Flowers to Hide tell us the saddest songs in the world. claudiabelle� ... More >>
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September 10, 2009
Ghosts of Washington Avenue
Noise goes whistling through the scenester artery's music venue graveyard.
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August 11, 2009
He Said She Said: Breakup Songs to Help You Bawl, Part 2
Ever since men and women set eyes upon each other at the beginning of time, there have been break-ups, and painful dissolutions of romantic escapades have made the best art in the world. Hell, somewhere in the world there is a probably a cave painting of a pretty young Neanderthal girl with devil h ... More >>
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April 29, 2009
Defending The Buzz: Does 94.5 FM Really Suck That Bad?
What with Creed reuniting, BuzzFest coming up in a couple of weeks and, hell, maybe even the swine-flu scare - As in: What's worse than coming down with swine flu? A Houston radio that only tunes in 94.5 FM - Rocks Off sure has been thinking a lot about The Buzz lately. Probably too much. I mean, it ... More >>
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January 13, 2009
Flannel File: "Girl Bros." Wendy & Lisa
[Note: Flannel File is an offshoot of Retro Active, focusing on the new hot nostalgia decade - the '90s, of course.] As Retro Active expands its purview from the '80s to the '90s, it's somewhat appropriate that this post remarks on some folks who became massively popular in the '80s but who, oddly ... More >>
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June 5, 2008
A compendium of Cure-related information
The Only One
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May 16, 2008
If Music Be the Food of Love, Play On
The Only One
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May 10, 2007
Hitchcock on Holiday
The Only One
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February 2, 2006
Between the Cracks
Profiling local bands
Film
April 3, 2003
The Kids Aren't Alright
Fledgling director Jonas Akerlund spins the next hip dope flick
Music
December 27, 2001
The Mild Ones
The young gentlemen of rockabilly, San Antonio's Cave Catt Sammy
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August 30, 2001
Racket
Houston's Toe Jam watches quietly as its 15 minutes tick by
Music
April 5, 2001
Reeling in the Years
Poor Dumb Bastards look back on a decade of mud, blood, bare butts and beer
Music
June 1, 2000
Can't Foo Anyone
If the Foo Fighters look like an indie-pop band and quack like an indie-pop band, then they must be an indie-pop band, right?
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May 6, 1999
Shit Hole
If the Foo Fighters look like an indie-pop band and quack like an indie-pop band, then they must be an indie-pop band, right?
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February 11, 1999
We're Number One
If the Foo Fighters look like an indie-pop band and quack like an indie-pop band, then they must be an indie-pop band, right?
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October 15, 1998
In the Black
If the Foo Fighters look like an indie-pop band and quack like an indie-pop band, then they must be an indie-pop band, right?
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October 2, 1997
Static
If the Foo Fighters look like an indie-pop band and quack like an indie-pop band, then they must be an indie-pop band, right?
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January 30, 1997
Sound Check
If the Foo Fighters look like an indie-pop band and quack like an indie-pop band, then they must be an indie-pop band, right?
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October 31, 1996
Sound Check
If the Foo Fighters look like an indie-pop band and quack like an indie-pop band, then they must be an indie-pop band, right?
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February 15, 1996
State-of-the-Art Ghouls
White Zombie holds its own with the metal-heads and the punks alike
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February 8, 1996
Loud Cloud
White Zombie holds its own with the metal-heads and the punks alike
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November 10, 1994
Halloween Hangover
NIN was an unexpected treat, but Hole was a sorry trick
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October 27, 1994
Dollars for Discs
Introducing a shopping guide for sounds
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August 25, 1994
Alternative Notion Lollapalooza doesn't say much about its generation, but the music's fine
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June 16, 1994
Press Picks
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June 9, 1994
Jazz Reconsidered
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April 21, 1994
Debonair Whigs
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